Welcome to The Poetry Company
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20+ Years
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100+ Projects
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1,800+ Poets Commissioned
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43,600+ Poems Created
Featured Theme
Find Your New Favourite Love Poem
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Snow
By Grace Yeein this charming quarter, someone always loses a shoe (a sneaker, a
croc, a gladiator sandal)
on the last day of summer you waited for me by the green -
Dragon Fruit
By Xiaole ZhanWe didn’t see the dragon fruit lights
arriving late as we did, thinking of
Popo and Gong Gong’s graves
which we would visit the next day. If only -
Makinti, Me
By Nardi SimpsonI went to see you, eager to sit amongst your hair string tassels swaying pink and soft, orange waving at me from bones waiting to spread into hips.
I hoped you’d remember, I readied for the warmth glowing from your ochre powered glow, igniting knowledge in danced steps, flicking up the dust.
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Featured Projects
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Youth Poet Laureate
The Poetry Company is building Australia’s first Youth Poet Laureate Program for poets aged 18-25. We’ll elevate the nation’s most brilliant young poets, embed their voices in public life, and gather audiences to enjoy their work. -
MAD Poetry
We are full of worlds that can't be contained by a pill. MAD Poetry creates a safe writing space for emerging voices with a lived/living experience of mental health issues to express how they see the world. -
Poem Forest 2026
Poem Forest is a free nature writing prize that breathes life back into the natural world that sustains us. Entries now open!
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FAQs
After 23 years, Red Room Poetry is becoming The Poetry Company.
The organisation has grown significantly in scale, reach and ambition since 2003. The new name reflects who we are today and where we’re going next. Our name is changing, but our purpose remains the same: to make poetry visible, accessible and relevant for all.
Read more about why we changed our name here.